I already posted a forum like this but oh well I am bored so I will say what I thought of each movie again.
AVP- was amazing to me once I left the theater I loved the movie at the time and ranked it 4th out of all the movies and still do. The effects were amazing, the 1st film where you get to see the whole Alien body with good effects. The action was great, I love the first fight with the predator and Alien I have watched that scene so many times. I for one actually liked the characters a lot there was no one I hated. I respect the fact that Anderson did the movie in Antarctica so that way there is no record of the Alien existence or at least proof. The music was awesome, I always thought Anderson chose good music well at least for Resident Evil and this film. The predator masks were very well done and the weapons as well. Also this film seemed more balance of who wins and loses. Both creatures fought equally as good to my eyes.
Complaints- I wish the film was set in space, either based off Steve Perry's book AVP PREY or the video game AVP2 through the Colonial Marines point of view. I wanted more Predators. I wish an other character besides the mane character could live for once. The movie could have been longer. Wanted to see Scar to fight the Grid Alien. I want to know what happened to Lex?
AVPR- I was pissed when I left the theater this time. I will say all the good things about the movie I can think of, We get to see a glimpse of the Predator home world. Cameron's Aliens return. Old sound effects. Good music .Fight scenes were good.
Complaints- The Movies is rushed through the whole film. All the characters suck. The acting sucked Terrible story, it took no skill of writing to create the story they had. It seemed as if they just played the game resident evil 3 and took that idea of run shoot and escape before the military carpet bombs the place. The movie hurts the Alien Franchise a lot , no one was supposed to know what Aliens. what the hell is the news going to say why Colorado was blown up. How many people would call families and warn them that Aliens are taking over. What happen to the 4 remaining characters also the special forces soldier knew what happened. I hate the fact we have a character who looks and sound similar to Ripley and that there is a character similar to Newt. This movie was very cheesy, not in a good weigh either I mean Molly never reloaded her M4 once, while the others did. I do not believe some punk that probably has not shot a gun or often shoots would be running at full pace and hit the predator multiple times. While yes the other films are cheesy but this felt different. The National guard scene pissed me off because they should have lived and be good characters like the Colonial Marines in Aliens, but instead the are killed very quickly The interview with the directors made it sound like this movie was going to have characters similar to the characters from Aliens and Alien but that was a big fat juicy lie. I want more then one predator in this film. This movie felt as tough it was a predator 3 do to so many countless Aliens dying by one predator. This movie mainly focused on gore and nothing else and beside the gore effects sucked anyways. In Aliens Drakes head did not melt off but yet in this film just a little blood form a facehugger will melt your arm off. That's all can think of right now. I can still not make up my mind what I truly think of the movie I believe I would have liked it a lot more if the characters were better. But oh well both movies could have been a lot better. But I still like AVP better.
